THE TWILIGHT ZONE | The Most MEMORABLE Twist In All Of HORROR?

[@KristijanRisteski-zp7bx]

A modern reboot would need to make him forget his Steam account password

[@SetariM]

Could probably be pulled out with a tik-tok addicted 40 year old who has zero attention span and memory + they forget their email password or something for recovery lol

[@dreadedninja7058]

He's gonna try to charge his phone and forget his charger somewhere

[@DonaldKraus-v2y]

No no no, you're thinking too small. He's the last person on _modern_ Earth, right? Clearly the issue is that there's nobody left to actually run the communications infrastructure needed for him to doomscroll on TikTok. Truly, the worst timeline.

[@berniekatzroy]

Brazzers account.

[@w415800]

I'm going to be THAT guy and ask the obvious, what about food and water?

[@DonaldKraus-v2y]

The thing that makes this episode such a huge gut-punch is how likeable and goofy Bemis is. Sure, he's a terrible employee, but he's never actively malicious towards _anyone._ Rather, we're shown that he's something of a complete doormat. Pathetic. Sad. In other words, easy to root for. And then Sterling breaks the poor man's glasses. It's pretty genius. Mean, but genius.

[@scaper8]

And it's a wonderful, if far more subtle, critique of society at the time. Bemis _had_ to marry by society's standards. So he married the first woman who would take him; a cruel woman who shares none of his interests nor passions. Bemis _has_ to have a good, respectable job. So a bank teller is a fine enough compromise. Whereas he'd truly be happy in as a "lowly" librarian or working in a bookshop. Etc.

[@OuroborosChoked]

@@scaper8 I think the thing that actually makes the twist work, though... is that it _is_ still a somewhat justified punishment. Bemis is a man who neglected his responsibilities for his pleasures. A hedonist, regardless of whether you consider reading a hedonistic activity. If he was a chronic anime-watcher, you'd probably feel less charitable, but the behavior is the same, just different mediums. And what saved his life after he learned that everyone he ever knew was dead? That he could indulge in his pleasure at the cost of all life. His punishment is the only fitting one. Anything else would've just allowed him further indulgence. He gets fired? More time to read. He gets divorced? More time to read. That's what makes Time Enough At Last such a great episode: it's a gut-punch, it's relatable, and it's still a deserved gut-punch.

[@KelniusTV]

@@scaper8 honestly, this idea improves the story a little for me. I actually don't like this episode, in particular because I have always interpreted Bemis as a bad person with almost an addiction to reading and an inability to moderate his habit. Reading at work? Sneaking books into your pocket, when you're going to play cards with friends? I love reading, but not to the detriment of doing my job and socializing. His wife is nasty, sure, but I saw her as his fault too for never standing up for himself (and marrying her in the first place). But, you make a valid point. He probably never wanted to marry at all, was pressured into marrying her perhaps by his family, or Helen herself. He probably never wanted to get hired in the first place, but it's one of the highest paying jobs that he could get, and I am certain that his wife insisted on it, so he hates it. That being the case, it does soften him in my eyes... but I struggle to shake off the view of him as an unreasonable and selfish man.

[@suicidebylifestyle9267]

reminds me of Kirk Vanhoutten.

[@mistwolf]

I mean, he's autistic most likely.

[@MonkehBuns]

I watched this as a kid, and as an avid reader and undiagnosed autistic, i was emotionally shattered along with his glasses. This is literally the only thing i think of when i hear Twilight Zone.

[@Umamorinhayt]

Yeah, same. I must have been 8, it was the first time I ever felt true terror and dread

[@Izz.mp4]

That’s what I wanted to point out!!! His actions are very similar to mine during hyperfixations on things

[@lkeke35]

This episode traumatized me and was the primary reason I always made sure I had at least one extra pairs of glasses stashed around my house or in my car!

[@comradecameron3726]

The one that always torments me is the one with the six inch aliens attacking a woman in her home. Except they are not aliens. They are human.

[@AngryDuck79]

6:28 "Cage" is actually the term for the teller booth/counter. He's not alluding to a jail cell or anything, it's just literally called a cage because it used to have bars that separated the teller from the customer.

[@melenatorr]

Absolutely correct, and still a nicely telling term.

[@StargazerSkyscraper]

It's intentional wordplay, a double meaning. Good writers use this trick all the time.

[@igodreamer7096]

Sterling is a genius!

[@Bellatrix-q4m]

@@igodreamer7096 Serling.

[@DonaldKraus-v2y]

Sterling did such a good job with this episode and making Bemis such a likeable goofball that I legitimately got angry when his glasses broke. Admittedly, I was about 8 years old and therefore _VERY_ emotional at all times... but still, Bemis didn't deserve that. #JusticeForBemis

[@igodreamer7096]

Lets all start a GoFundMe for a new pair of glasses for Mr. Bemis 💀

[@Bellatrix-q4m]

Serling, not 'Sterling'.

[@robotempires]

This is easily my favorite Twilight Zone episode. The ending is so clever. Oh I just wanted to add that cage was a common word to use for where the bank teller works. Alfred Hitchcock presents had the same term in their bank episode.

[@PolterGibbst]

Neat, wish I would have know that before. But I'm always happy to learn from the comments.

[@erictaylor5462]

My favorite twist was, "I never said this was Heaven, Mr. Valentine." though it was predictable from the moment he was told, "You didn't qualify for the Other Place." It may be predictable, but at least it was just.

[@DoctrDoc]

One man's "the Other Place" is this man's utopia. Poor old Henry Bemis

[@jakenewland-griffin9460]

I always think of the futurama parody of this episode that just goes so much further and cruel with his hand falling off so he can't read Braille and then his tongue so he can't lick read the books

[@Dark_Jaguar]

Ah yes, the leprosy ending.

[@bokmcdok]

He still has his nose so could read Cat books.

[@OuroborosChoked]

@@bokmcdok I wonder how many people will understand this comment...

[@OrchidLilies]

For me, probably because the episode itself terrified me, the best twist is in The Midnight Sun (Season 3, Episode 10). If it's not one remembered or seen, it's pretty much watching people in an apartment building who decided to not evacuate with everyone else. Apparently the Earth was knocked out of orbit, slowly heading towards the sun, and people were evacuating cities and towns for colder regions like Antarctica. You witness the people who stayed behind either go mad from the heat or decide to try and escape it after all. The character this episode focuses on the most stays at the apartment. I don't remember much between that part and the beginning of the ending, but the character this episode focuses on ends up waking up from a dream. She dreamed the whole thing, and is relieved to not feel the excessive heat. But that relief turns to horror as she looks out a window and sees nothing but snow and darkness, no hint of the moon or sun mark the skies. You're then informed that the Earth is actually drifting AWAY from the sun and moon, any water source having long since froze and the temperature well below habitable. She woke from a burning nightmare, only to find herself in a freezing one.

[@tylercoon1791]

If memory serves, she didn’t wake up from the dream. It’s just revealed to be a dream, and that she’s dreaming it’s so hot from a fever

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

I would say my favorite twist is The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street. If you haven’t seen that episode, watch it. It very much captures the zeitgeist of the Cold War while also having some important lessons that carry over today.

[@PolterGibbst]

It's the one episode that I don't have a plan to cover in this series. It is going into a different special video that I've been working on, since it was the first episode I ever saw/read. After that video I'll figure up a plan to cover here too.

[@scaper8]

​@PolterGibbst When you do, I would recommend also going over the remake they did of that episode in 2000s reboot of _The Twilight Zone._ The basic plot is the same, but there's a slight change to the twist to fit into a post-9/11 America that I think is absolutely one of the best things the 2000s _Twilight Zone_ ever came up with.

[@rowanmecke4680]

I feel like I have to comment. This is the first time seeing this KZbin channel recommended to me. I decided to watch because I found this episode my most memorable. I shall explain. I’m 27. During summer camp as a child, before the Nintendo DS was popular, I was a reader. Things would happen around me as I wished for peace and quiet, as I could hardly read with anything but silence. My dad introduced me to the Twilight Zone. I remember feeling the joy of Bemis as he organized his books from the library, but I also have glasses. I’m nearsighted. So I can still read without em, but I can only imagine being farsighted and having your glasses break under these circumstances. Thanks for the content.

[@PolterGibbst]

Glad you found the channel and thank you for the comment. I'm just glad to find a bunch of other people that like the Twilight Zone like I do. So many good episodes, but you just about need to watch another one after this to bring the mood back up. 😅

[@hamster2u396]

Man I think this twist hits so hard because this man is so relatable. I think about it all the time if only I had all the time in the world to read, watch movies, and play video games. Also going blind is my worst nightmare especially as an artist and a glasses wearer.

[@seekay8079]

This ending actually made me gasp when I first saw it. It was so tragic and ironic, and I wasn't expecting such a simple twist outshining the nuclear warfare that had just occurred minutes prior.

[@SuperiorPosterior]

I could honestly write an autobiography that lines up well with this episode. I was hit by a car when I was 5 (luckily, it *_only_* broke my leg), so I grew up spending most of my time with my nose in a book. And it truly seemed like everyone hated me for it. I'd get my classwork and homework and chores completed, and still be chastised for "distracting" my classmates (how a quiet kid in the corner distracts a rowdy class of screaming 4th graders I'll never know), or My bedroom door would be slammed open and my book ripped from my hands so my guardians could nitpick the way I performed my chores. If they were talking a night out, my younger brothers could trash the place and I'd take the blame because I was the oldest, and thus I'd be belted, grounded, and all my books would be forcibly pulled from my room for a month. But I couldn't try to exercise any authority over my brothers, because pulling them off each other when they started fighting would get me the same punishment for "bruising the poor angels," and daring to think I could send them to separate rooms if they broke a rule got me labeled a liar on top of the above punishment. The school banned me from the library during lunch, so instead of getting some quiet reading time I got beat up and sent to detention (because Zero Tolerance is complete nonsense), and then I'd get belted, grounded, and my books stolen for getting in trouble at school. And that was all just in Elementary school. In high school, my guardians called the cops on me a number of times for having the "audacity" to stop at a local park to read and do homework on my laptop instead of walking the full hour-long trip in one go, despite the fact that I'd let them know via phone call, text, and even *_email_* that I was stopping to enjoy the sunshine (that's how they knew where to send the cops after all). And then I started going blind a few months after getting my driver's license, and I've spent the last 15 years slowly deteriorating, dreading the day that my eyes give up the ghost and I go completely blind.

[@PpgLexi]

Wtf. Praying you find peace and joy fr. Happy Holidays I pray you can enjoy them and curl up and read or listen to a great book❤

[@ElderonAnalas]

I think the one twist that got me as a young kid, the episode that sticks with me besides the more famous ones, this one, the one before with the astronaut, the monster on the wing, etc. Is one episode where the lady is going through a hospital for facial reconstruction surgery or some such, and she's worried and thinks she hideous. But, she goes through it, takes off the bandages, sees she's still a beautiful woman, and is declared a failure. To which we then finally see the faces of any other people in the episode and they're all horrible looking pig people. That episode both stuck with me, and gave me plenty of nightmares as a young kid.

[@Steel-toad-Jack]

I wish more shows were written like this. Definitely going to watch it over again.

[@PolterGibbst]

I know! I think the one to come closest is Black Mirror, and you can often see the direct inspirations to The Twilight Zone in almost every episode. Night Gallery is one I need to watch more of.

[@DonaldKraus-v2y]

​@PolterGibbst I think you'll enjoy Night Gallery. Plus, No. 1 is still rocking his killer NextGen beard.

[@DarkDeltq]

@@PolterGibbstto each there own, but I feel like Black Mirror is such a wannabe Twilight zone that it’s not even good

[@raymondturpin3265]

This is my top Twilight Zone one for sure. Its that crushing feeling of having your greatest desire at last to then be the reason you cant have it.

[@MFLimited]

THIS it’s like a Twilight Zone episode! 65 years after this episode of Twilight Zone was created, and people in the 21st century (most of whom were not alive when the entire first series came out) are discussing it in an international comment section of a video covering it, posted on a world wide Internet. Rod would have loved this!

[@michaelsonnon2333]

You are so very correct. Rod would have loved what we are all doing! Can you imagine the episode he would have come up with covering it? Fantastic!

[@oeb3847]

With all the craziness of these days--I think we are all living in the twilight zone right now!

[@R.R.R.465]

For me this is 100% the most memorable episode, will never forget the story or the lesson, thanks Rod

[@speeta]

I'm not sure this episode HAS a lesson. Bemis has done nothing to deserve this unjust of an outcome, and Serling always championed moral justice.

[@rachelm8622]

Started watching The Twilight Zone with my dad thanks to your other video. Really enjoying it and and my dad is happy to be able to re-watch it with someone. Thank you!

[@PolterGibbst]

Awesome! My goal with every video is to get people to want to watch whatever in covering. Glad to see that goal being achieved, such a great show!

[@lemox67]

There’s an interesting irony in Henry’s situation: he can’t read because of other people, but he can also only read because of other people. Why does he get so upset when his glasses break? Because he’s completely reliant on others-he can’t fix or replace them himself. The books he loves were written and printed by others. His glasses, food, and even the grocery store where he finds supplies were all created and maintained by people. Henry’s tragedy isn’t just about losing his chance to read; it’s that his ability to do so was always dependent on a society he felt alienated from. The very people he wanted to escape are the ones who made his reading possible in the first place.

[@saveforth]

I appreciate the ending "It's when, not whenever" so much

[@PolterGibbst]

It gives me a reference point to everyone that will bring it up. Hopefully it is clear that I am getting at least a little better at saying when instead of whenever. Life long way of speaking is just hard to change. 😅

[@galaxbeans438]

This was the only Twilight Zone episode I’ve ever seen. My 4th grade teacher showed it to us and I’ve never forgotten it. Rewatched it recently as a 20 year old and genuinely got the heebie jeebies waiting for the plot twist

[@WhiteNucklin]

“HEY ROCK!! Have you ever read David Copperfield?” “Pay attention Mick you gotta cut me.”

[@TricksterJackal]

This was the first episode of the Twlight Zone I had ever seen. I was a kid and it came on the SciFi channel and even though it was in black and white...I couldn't look away. Was surprised to find out it was among one of THE most famous episodes. And when you watch it, you know why it stands out so much. Thanks to this episode, I checked out more. And every so often, I will have a Twilight Zone marathon (I am due for one, actually). What a timeless series.

[@nstuey6974]

I actually jump back and forth between this being my favorite horror finale ever. Simultaneously it occupies in a space where it’s so so simple. Like come on, someone losing their glasses, but when those same glasses are then entire view into the world in front of him? It’s menacing

[@labrxx]

God that beginning bank scene is so relatable. I had a call center job years ago--graveyard shift, so I would go 20 minutes without a call sometimes, and I'd just start reading. I read the entirety of It on that job. Obsessively reading every single little word though, nah.

[@suzyL420]

i would remember the ending to this episode at random times as a kid, and it always made me feel bad for him lol. i would just be sitting in class feeling bad for a twilight zone character 😂

[@crispmom]

I can relate to Mr. Beamis. I worked briefly in the library at a medical school. My primary job responsibility was cataloging new books. However, I got very few books cataloged because I was reading them instead. I was always in trouble with my boss for this.

[@papabear5506]

I used to do this at the bookstore i worked at 😂 but i got away with it, because if i ever got caught i could always say i was trying to figure out what genre it belonged with.

[@ebon4265]

6:25 A bank teller's cage is just what the area where a teller works is called. In the past they used to often have large metal grates or physical barriers which is where the term "cage" comes from. It certainly has a double meaning in the context of the episode, but its not "wrong" in the way you seemed to think it was.

[@graceful_rose_thorns]

I hate this episode and it's the only episode I've ever seen of The Twilight Zone. In seventh grade, I had this math teacher that had some kind of vendetta against me, I don't know what it was was he hated me. I got the right question? I didn't do it the same way he taught so I failed the test. Usually, I would finish my work early and start reading and he hated this. So he would force me to sit and stare in front of me, I don't think I could even look out the window. At the end of the year when we didn't have much work to do, he played this episode and it haunted me, it was my worst fear as someone who loved to read. After the episode finished I looked up and he was just staring right at me. Then he continued with the day as if that wasn't some act of psychological warfare on a twelve year old. I saw that thumbnail and it haunted me, I still feel irked looking at these clips. I hope you stopped bullying children, Mr. Pamphile.

[@SuperHippy7]

A Nice Place to Visit had a great ending ("This IS the other place, muah hah hah ha!"). I was very young when I first watched these though. I remember loving a lot of them.

[@srf8788]

I love this episode it's a classic

[@robertfalcone3025]

As someone who grew up loving to read as much as this guy...i was known for having a book in my back pocket everywhere I went as a kid....i remember feeling sorry for him when i first watched this episode..& then HORRIFIED when the twist happened at the end..

[@ireallybeclowninghuh3414]

The reason i remember this twist is because i actually started crying when his glasses broke, the zoom out of books and like no resolution at all made me feels so distraught with him, and then my mother couldn't understand why i started choking up

[@YourFriendlyOnlineStranger]

I forgot how brutal this episode was. What a terrifying premise, to be the only one to survive a nuclear blast, and in the end, he couldn't even have his books to keep him company. Imagine being forced to stumble around alone and nearly blind through the nuclear fallout, knowing that everyone and everything you'd ever loved is dust in the wind.

[@eamonia]

I'll never forget the first time I watched The Twilight Zone. It was this episode. I must've been about 7 or 8 and I remember crying at the end and wondering why my dad would show me something so terribly heart wrenching and sad. It was my introduction to real, perfectly crafted drama and I'll never forget it. What an amazing show that will always hold up no matter how much it's aged. Bravo to Sterling and all the actors and writers and anyone else who worked on the show. Bravo.

[@LenGott8345]

This is one of my all time favorite episodes ever. This dude really had his reading glasses break on him right as he was about to have exactly what he had.

[@BrianCraft-ev4lw]

I came across your channel a couple weeks ago, and i've been watching your videos since. I just have to say great job, brother, very nice and entertaining videos and you have earned my subscription, for what that's worth.

[@RC-lw5lw]

Thank you for deep-diving into this one, man! I remember a little while back, I began watching a bunch of old Twilight Zone episodes with my son and daughter. They enjoyed the novelty of the old show. They weren't even teenagers yet at the time. Of all the episodes we watched, it was this episode that bothered them the most. Even as little ones, they comprehended the profound tragedy expressed by this story. The nightmarish irony. To this day, they still enjoy re-watching the series from time to time, but they always prefer to skip this one episode in particular.

[@Lazarus_G]

I don't know why, but growing up in the 80s, I always hated black and white movies and TV shows. It didn't matter what it was, I'd usually just switch the channel. Except for Twilight Zone. For some reason, I think the black and white worked in its favor. Because it wasn't just about what you were looking at. My brain was too busy trying to figure out what was going to happen or why or what the clues were. It scratched an itch in my brain I didn't know I had.

[@PolterGibbst]

I know what you mean. With anything this depressing I often have a good balance to it to bring the mood up after. Like 'The Trade-ins', 'Will the real Martian please stand up?', or my favorite which happens to be the next episode of the show 'Perchance to Dream'.

[@RC-lw5lw]

@@PolterGibbst Awesome choice for the next installment! I've seen some of these episodes a dozen times and you still pick up on things/elements that I missed. It's great to watch them in a new light with your insights.

[@PolterGibbst]

@@RC-lw5lw think it just goes to how well they are written for the most part. It's just funny now watching my favorites back and looking deeper into them to see how much they influenced what I like to this day.

[@S_raB]

This entire episode is a brilliant satire of postmodernism. In particular, the idea of people being mere cogs in the machine, ready to be used to their fullest & disposed without thought, all humanity stripped from them for the purpose of "efficiency".

[@animationoverload5552]

Great video man. Discovered your channel through "the thing" video. Love this episode and looking forward to more. God Bless & Merry Christmas.

[@PolterGibbst]

Glad you found the channel. Thank you, Bless you too, and have a Merry Christmas. I'll be back with another Twilight Zone before then.

[@rubberlover666]

My father actually worked with someone who got fired because they were addicted to their Kindle?! Like taking hour long bathroom breaks, hiding in their car to keep reading. Weird stuff but I immediately thought of this character when he told me. Edit: Just wanted to pop back in with another read of the episode. Sterling's vision of TZ were often tales about digging into yourself to be the best version you can be. To throw off society's shackles and go for what you want because life can be so crazy and uncertain. Sterling cared about most of his TZ characters (unlike in Night Gallery) but most of them were doomed long before they entered the twilight zone. Mr.Beemis knew he had a compulsion but never made moves to make his obsession work with his life. I know we all have responsibilities and have to sacrifice, but Mr.Beemis just seemed to take what society gave him with no pushback. He just longed for the day when he'd have enough free time. Well, be careful what you wish for. I know people working jobs they hate just because they've been told it's a path to early retirement when then they can really start to enjoy their lives. I hope it works out for them but who knows what tomorrow will bring? To put all of your hope in an uncertain future rather than trying to find ways to enjoy the present is a scary proposition if you ask me. I always view the ending as Beemis lamenting not his current situation, but everything he didn't do that got him there.

[@JerryListener]

Meredith Burgess is an absolute legend.

[@samsaek666]

“Cage” is the location where money is handled. You can see it still now in casinos, the cashier is called the cage

[@PeppyPolice]

I always felt as if this could have I good ending. I imagine he eventually finds a large fragment of his glasses and puts it up to his eyes, using that small piece as a glass to look through and read. I can't come to terms with this lovable man being broken like his glasses.

[@abeardthickerthanyours6416]

I loved reading as a kid anw would try to ignore people or be alone to do it. My teacher tried to describe this episode as some parable on why i should be more involved or something. Kid me's only take away was "well i dont need glasses, sounds perfect."

[@mlife2]

I could’ve sworn that at the end of the episode, when he’s saying it’s not fair, I remember the world around him reappears. It was all in his head, the destruction of the world. People are walking by looking at him like he’s crazy. Maybe I’m mixing up the episodes.

[@scottbubb2946]

The first time I saw this episode, I was around 12 or so. I didn't know about radiation, so that part didn't occur to me. But what I did think, "Why doesn't he just go find some different glasses? Or a magnifying glass to read with?" 🤣

[@boomfanfic-a-latta8996]

One of my favorite horror twists ever is the twist reveal from a Super Mario 64 Romhack titled “34210”. And part of why I love it so much is that I was able to figure out what it would be from the start, so the confirmation at the end was such a wonderful payoff-especially when I watch other people play it and they haven’t put the pieces together yet, so when it hits-oh, it SENDS me!!!

[@amberroy7521]

Henry Bemis is one of my favorite characters from Twilight Zone. I even have a portrait of him tattooed on my arm 😁

[@nhnnj]

this makes me really sad because i feel like he was punished for wanting to do something that he loved

[@rosiebear3101]

I started watching The Twilight Zone on Amazon because of the first episode you did. I think it was the first episode of the series. I really like it, this episode made me sad.

[@PolterGibbst]

Glad you started watching the greatest tv show ever. This one would be well balanced with 'The Trade-ins' (S3E31), help bring the mood up after a sad episode like this one.

[@DM-fk9lw]

Love this series dude keep it up!! Seriously best horror movie rundowns ever you’ll have a bunch of subscribers in no time!!!

[@Philemaphobia]

I once was tasked to write a story about ‚the perfect day‘ for someone. I wrote a story about a bullied boy who’s wishes suddenly come all true.(clearly inspired by the twilight movie I guess) He has the first day in his life feeling easy and powerful and not anxious. He gets rid of the bullies, has an ice cream party at school, maths class is cancelled ‚until further notice‘ and even the janitors dog is friendly all of a sudden. By the end of the day he managed to transform half his school and his little brother into vermin, his brother getting sprayed and crushed by his mother in the end. Then he realized the second day, that he can’t change it back. The magic lasted one perfect day only. I failed the task. Got an F. It was third grade (8 years old)

[@angelbear_og]

When I was in 3rd grade we didn't get letter grades, so to be "failed" when you completed the assignment sounds horrendous.

[@Philemaphobia]

@@angelbear_og in the eyes of my teacher I didn’t complete. But my mom complained and even got a language professor involved. Let’s say that fail didn’t last very long 😅

[@angelbear_og]

​@@Philemaphobia Yay!

[@brettkilian9855]

One of my favorite episodes of this show. Would love to see more twilight zone break downs!

[@PolterGibbst]

I've got more planned and more on the way. Next one will be two weeks from now.

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

Henry's wife in this all time classic is a true monster. Only a monster would do this to someone else, especially to her husband.

[@JohnAslin]

You reaction to the 'cage' reference caught my attention and I just wanted to explain, a (bank) teller's cage, which traditionally was separated from the general public by either barred enclosures or windows (possibly suggesting a bird's cage), is just a way of referring to a teller's assigned work area. Would be the same as saying 'get back to your desk.'

[@ssgulquiorra1048]

Been waiting for this one, the first video is how I found your channel and I’ve seen almost all your videos since. Keep up the good work!

[@serpenking]

Easily one of my favorite episodes of television. Excited for more videos on the series!

[@NIXNOCTE]

For me one of the best twists is the one in the manga/anime The Promised Neverland and it's given to you in the first chapter. The chapter starts by showing you this orphanage and the children, and that one of them has been adopted, but when the adopted child is leaving, another child realizes that he forgot his stuffed animal and runs to give it to her and goes through the gate that they've never gone through before and discovers the dead girl, and that in reality they are not in an orphanage but on a farm and they live in a world where they are food for monsters and that is the only civilization and that there is nowhere to escape. Srry for my english.

[@PolterGibbst]

You're good. I started watching the anime when it first came out. Had no idea what it was about and sat down with the wife to check out the first episode. Didn't last too long though since that twist hits way to hard for new parents. I'll have to pick it back up one of these days and give it another try. If only my anime watch list wasn't so long. 😂😅

[@NIXNOCTE]

@ Hahaha, totally understandable. I really only recommend the first season of the anime, in the second season they changed the story, for this part the manga is better.

[@PolterGibbst]

@piligrunauer5689 that's what I've heard. I'll be sure to anime and switch to Manga afterwards, or just check out the Manga for the whole thing. Need to expand my collection anyway.

[@DelDuio]

Dude that sounds terrible, oh man!

[@nicjoy4407]

@@NIXNOCTE The manga does well for a lot longer than the anime, although I have some issues with the manga as well. Spoilers below. I feel like the manga just stops having as much weight. Goldy Pond's arc was super cool and developed characters really well, but beyond that point it feels like the characters aren't really tested as much. Emma is supposed to be a naive character who wants to right the wrongs of the world but doesn't know how, but it feels like beyond this point she doesn't suffer many meaningful consequences for basically attempting to uproot a whole kingdom built upon her oppression. I really liked the idea of Norman as a late-game foil to Emma, but it feels like her ideology is just seen as superior to the author and treated like the right way without exploring the nuance enough, and I especially dislike how a lot of the characters from Norman's group who were very anti-demon and didn't seem to grasp nuances as well were just fine with Emma's plans towards the end of the story. Otherwise, still 10x better than the anime's 2nd season. I will talk about an interesting theory that I have seen. Although I don't really believe it personally, I have seen mention of a theory where Emma actually dies in Goldy Pond and the rest of the story is a dream of how she would imagine it. It tries to explain how different the story feels, but I don't think Emma would assume Norman would oppose her in the ways he does.

[@MatCaveGaming]

This is my favorite Twilight Zone episode. I showed it to my son recently and he couldn't believe how it ended.

[@lolaxdlv]

i was about 10 the first time i stumbled mirror on the SyFi channel’s Twilight Zone new year’s marathon. I caught the end credits of an episode and then Time Enough at Last came on. This was the first episode I ever saw and I sobbed like a baby on my grandmas couch.

[@AshleyYelsha]

Literally been checking your channel every day for this

[@PolterGibbst]

@AshleyYelsha I try always post on Saturdays at noon central time. Next episode is set to be up and out 2 weeks from this one. And if I have time, may even have another video out this next Saturday too.

[@stephk.1401]

"Nothing in the Dark", while not a frightening or psychologically twisting episode... It is my favorite because the beautiful theme.

[@PolterGibbst]

Such a good episode, and it is on my list.

[@stephk.1401]

@PolterGibbst I can't wait!! Love your channel, I'll be watching!

[@ZeroKage69]

Well at least he knows braille.

[@jmace2424]

Having nothing but time to read as many books as you want and no way to see would be one of my personal hells.

[@terryboys9321]

2 things: 1, i dont wanna wait for the next one! This was so good, i want the next 1 now! 2, whenever and when can be used interchangeably. Saying whenever instead of when is a charming southern colloquialism. Furthermore, its part of how you naturally speak. You being you is why we enjoy your comment. Dont let the comment section change the way you speak.

[@gergpoo]

I stumbled upon your channel today and absolutely adore this series. Please continue this and examine more of the Twilight Zone because your commentary on it is excellent.

[@PolterGibbst]

Finishing up another episode right now for this Saturday. With many more planned in the future.

[@gergpoo]

@ I will be there no matter what

[@nicolewilliams8671]

Free my boy Bemis he did not deserve the book hate 😔 at least not from his wife My teacher (English) used to let us watch the Twilight zone although ive been into it since i was a younger teenager. It really makes you think about what you'd do or how you'd feel if you were put into these scary situations. The idea that a lot of us would love to be alone so we could do what we want but also having to acknowledge that true loneliness is misery

[@jimbob3255]

Sweet, just the episode that I've been waiting for!

[@armoghetto]

I get the inconsistencies with a true nuclear incident, but we are talking about the Twilight Zone. Technically, he shouldn’t even be alive - let alone walking around and eating. He is in the Zone which is dimension that defies logic! The pure joy which is snatched away in the clutches of defeat…

[@caseymckenna7111]

Easily one of my favorite stories of all time, straight up.

[@D1026-p8h]

you have to cover an occurrence at owl creek bridge/ the plot twist I think about the most

[@michaeldavid6832]

It occurs to me the message is deeper. Bemis is so careless of everything else because he's hyperfocused on reading -- escape from reality. He's so careless, he's even careless about the only means that enables him to read: his glasses. When the world is blown up, all impediments to his escape were removed. He was about to escape reality for the rest of his life. But his heedless pursuit of escape was his escape's undoing. He ignored reality so thoroughly that he ignored the protection of his own eyesight. The message is: you can try to escape reality, but you can't escape the consequences of trying to escape reality. For the Twilight Zone, it's always some extreme in a character(s) that build the plot and drive it, but the extreme also motivates the twist that provides the theme -- either to a positive or negative resolution for the character(s).

[@Shinde425]

This episode is famous for this twist, but one underrated episode with a similar twist is “Escape Clause.” I liked that one too

[@Finc57]

Nice take on the episode. I still remember the twist of The Invaders episode.

[@astroxpk]

28:35 horror media spread 😭🤣

[@NastadonGaming]

Loving this series, can't wait for more! PS the original Saw has the best twist IMO!

[@PolterGibbst]

Thank you. Glad you're enjoying it, because I enjoy making these and have a lot of them planned. Like I said the next episode is my favorite episode of The Twilight Zone. Then we will switch for a moment to my favorite episode of Black Mirror. After that I've got more Twilight Zones and movies all planned to be a part of the series, Saw will definitely make its way around too. Oh and I've also got some games planned out too.

[@NastadonGaming]

@@PolterGibbst Awesome I'll be looking forward to those! Love Black Mirror as well so hyped to see what your favorite is (I'm a White Bear fan). Ooh for games I'd say my favorite is Bioshock, so I'll be looking forward to those too! Thanks for the reply

[@PolterGibbst]

@NastadonGaming so many good episodes of Black Mirror. Eventually I'd like to get around to all of them too. Still haven't played any of the Bioshock games. But maybe I'll grab them the next time they go on sale in the steam store. Always heard they were great. Guess I'll have to find out.

[@Greendawn-di3dl]

Always excited to see another video from you man! Especially twilight zone. I've been rewatching them because of your first review.

[@Ronc137]

This!!! I was looking forward to THIS ONE

[@dr.mund0339]

The content on this channel has been real good stuff

[@PolterGibbst]

Thank you, I do try my hardest.

[@Irma_Vep]

I get so stoked when you drop videos. I just got out of the hospital. This just made my day!🖤 The room in the Casinos where they have all the cash and exchange is called the cage. I used to work in banking and we didn’t call it that lol.

[@Steely420]

I found your channel from the fiest episode of this and it made me whatch the twilight zone and wow it's amazing I am now subscribed and looking forward to the next twist

[@MrPrettyflvcko]

Love your vids dude! & it’s funny you talk about twilight zone, I’ve found some “audio/radio” episodes on KZbin & some of the older episodes I’ve been watching/listening to to the sleep lol

[@iridescentbones2322]

22:35 See the way she looks at him there when she speaks, she's flirting with him. We got him being denied to read Mention of a cage Rejection of romance Basically walking through hell (How he sees the world might not be how it is) Finally a temptation of wildest fantasy ( at least for him ) only for it to be taken away before his very eyes Part of this could only be a dream on his lunchbreak, but the overall story has a very definitive undertone to it.

[@taWay21]

I think its the fact that he didnt deserve his fate. I think the cruel sick joke of it all sticks with people.

[@TheLordofMetroids]

It's from the '80s series not the original but I'd like to see "Button Button," covered at some point. Because it certainly had one of the more unique influences on pop culture.

[@PolterGibbst]

The 80's version is the one I remember least out of them all. So I'll definitely have to check it out.

[@arthurhutchinson2755]

This was my favorite episode from the Twilight Zone. It stayed with me from when I saw it as a kid. So fucking good.

[@Casimir-t3i]

Memories! A long, long time ago, measured in decades, my late sister asked me what my favorite Twilight Zone episode was. I must have been a kid at the time and my sister was some years older. This was the episode I gave. I had no idea it was as popular as it seems to be.

[@TheLordofMetroids]

I don't know if its my favorite twist, because I knew the twist well before I watched the episode (due to the first version) but I think my favorite Episode of Twilight Zone is the 2000's remake of Monsters are due on Maple Street. It fits perfectly in the atmosphere of the times (and now that I think about it could have a fantastic remake in modern days)

[@Cocoboco13]

Top notch work as usual

[@ZzzNamorZzz]

Finally another TZ rundown. The first sent me down a rabbit hole

[@robshank1983]

One of the best episodes from my second favorite TV show of all time. This Episode was the first twilight zone. I ever watched him of the kid with my grandma, so that’s why I’m kinda has a special place in my heart. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I loved your review of it

[@stnickvidz]

So wild that they referenced this in Spongebob

[@jamesclark7448]

Top vids dude. Subbed and shared.

[@autumnjostaggs5130]

My heart has never broken so hard for a character. Like what has this man ever done to deserve that?? I always figured once his glasses broke he probably ended up using that pew pew ☹️

[@sws212]

I mean, he was a really crappy employee who just wanted to read all day.. The story only works because everyone around him was cartoonishly mean and dismissive of him. The punishment was rough but not that much worse than everyone else who just died. He probably only ever had a few days to read, anyways, before death from radiation or lack of water.

[@sofiadias7352]

@@sws212 so he worked baddly at a job with a terrible employer which cared even about the lunch time and out of work habits of the employee? i think i would also do a bad job there, and in case you are wondering "then why get that job at all?" a banker is still considered a good job here where i live, at the time of the episode it was even better

[@Wolf10193]

Fun fact that guy with glass is penguins from 60s batman micky from rocky and grandpa from grumpier old mem

[@Whatever.Forever94]

Thanks PolterGibbst for another great video! Really enjoying this series so far and look forward to the next one 👍

[@Justus4all673]

Very good analysis as always polter.

[@AlbertZbaa]

i like (basically) every twilight zone. my favorite, for me. a girl is delirious with heat, everything hot, ?, can't break it, miserable. at the end of episode, family around her bedside, she is unconscious/bedridden? with a fever. the earth is leaving the sun. the twist.